January 9, 2013, Wednesday

New York’s top court rejected the Kentucky Derby-winning thoroughbred trainer Rick Dutrow Jr.’s appeal to overturn his 10-year ban by state regulators because of what he claimed were substantial civil rights issues.

It's a shame that I'll Have Another, our first Triple Crown contender since 2008, will head into the Belmont under the cloud of accusations about illegal drug use that hangs over the head of his trainer Doug O'Neill.